Longbranch Elementary School News

The Boone County Schools International Festival is coming up on March 24th. It is being held at Mann Elementary from 11:00am until 3:00pm. Addmission is free and there will be plenty of activities for the entire family!

Boone County Schools and the Boone County Sheriff's Office are pleased to announce that Boone County Sheriff's Deputies will be manning the elementary schools in the upcoming school year.

Boone County Schools Superintendent Dr. Randy Poe, Walton Verona Independent School District Superintendent Robert Storer, Judge-Executive Gary Moore, Commissioners Cathy Flaig, Charles Kenner, Charlie Walton & Sheriff Michael A. Helmig worked harmoniously to develop a plan to equip every Boone County public elementary school with a school resource officer for the 2018-2019 school year.

Boone County Schools now has its own app! Just search "Boone County Schools" in the App Store or the Google Play Store. After downloading, you can go into the user settings and customize which schools you wish to follow on the app.

In light of the Florida and Marshall County, Kentucky school tragedies, Superintendent Dr. Randy Poe working in collaboration with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department is adding additional School Resource Officers (SRO’s) to the district’s elementary schools.

Boone County Schools is one of many school districts across the country that is being subjected to copy- cat threats of the school tragedy in Florida. We are working with local authorities as they investigate a recent rash of rumors and threats on our campuses. Student suspects in each of the cases were immediately identified and apprehended. They were charged by local authorities and disciplined by their schools. In each case a thorough investigation was conducted by the school district and authorities. No student or staff member was ever in danger. Confidentiality laws prevent Boone County Schools from talking about the persons involved or the specifics of the incidents. Boone County Schools will continue to remain on alert, following our safety protocols and working with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department and Florence Police as future issues arise.

Johanna Heinze is a fourth grade student with juvenile diabetes at Longbranch Elementary. Johanna organized a school-wide fundraiser to help fight diabetes. She created flyers, talked to classrooms about why fundraising is needed, designed incentives, and made posters. Longbranch is a having a series of spirit days as a part of the fundraiser, like Hat Day!

We will be offering in-school clubs again this year on the final Monday of each month from 2:30-3:15pm. Kids can sign up for the club of their choice beginning September 5th through September 11th. Signup links will be sent out on Tuesday, September 5th. See graphics for this year's clubs.

On Monday August 21st, 2017 we will experience a total solar eclipse, an event that hasn’t occurred over the U.S. mainland since 1979. A total solar eclipse, which is when the moon completely covers the sun, will occur across 14 states in the continental U.S. along a 70-mile-wide swath of the country. While Boone County is not located in this area, we will still be able to view the partial solar eclipse.

This event will be an extraordinary educational opportunity for our students. Many of our schools will have special activities or lessons planned for this day to accompany the event. While this event is extremely exciting for our students, we must also acknowledge the importance of proper eye safety. While it should be common sense not to stare directly at the sun with your naked eyes, this advice will be even more important during this event. The eclipse must be viewed only through proper eclipse glasses. Schools with planned viewing activities will require students to wear proper solar eclipse glasses.

In order to protect our students’ eyes during this event:

Students will not participate in any unstructured outdoor activities, including recess

Students will be advised to not look directly at the sun without wearing solar eclipse glasses

We will provide additional personnel until 4pm for parents who do not want their children riding the bus during the eclipse.Children who do not ride the bus for that reason will have to be picked up by parents at 4pm.

Our parent elections for the school based decision making council will be held on Monday, May 1st. We have three parents running for two open seats. Please review the bios and make sure you come to school on Monday between 8:30am and 7pm to cast your vote.